payment providers

Labcorp has reached a settlement over a data breach that includes $100,000 allocated to North Carolina, according to reporting from WHKY. The payment is part of a broader resolution addressing the exposure of customer information in the breach. Details on the total settlement size, the number of affected individuals, and how the funds will be used have not been provided in the available reporting.

Retailers are rebuilding their payment infrastructure to serve agentic commerce, where AI agents rather than human shoppers initiate and complete purchases. The shift requires new payment rails that can authenticate machine-driven transactions, handle delegated authority, and manage fraud risks when software acts on a customer's behalf. Industry coverage suggests payments providers and merchants see agent-led buying as the next major e-commerce battleground.